Anthologies

Collects stories written by Moore featuring superheroes including Superman, Batman, the Vigilante, Swamp Thing, and Green Arrow.

WELCOME TO THE SECOND “GOLDEN AGE” OF SUPERHEROES AND HEROINES Superheroes have come a long way since the “Man of Steel” was introduced in 1938. This brilliant new collection features original stories and novellas from some of today’s most exciting voices in comics, science fiction, and fantasy. Each marvelously inventive tale shows us just how far our classic crusaders have evolved—and how the greatest of heroes are, much like ourselves, all too human. In “Call Her Savage,” MARJORIE M. LIU enters the dark heart of a fierce mythic heroine who is forced, by war, to live up to her own terrible legend. In “A to Z in the Ultimate Big Company Superhero Universe (Villains Too),” BILL WILLINGHAM presents a fully-realized vision of a universe where epic feats and tragic flaws have transformed the human race. In “Vacuum Lad,” STEPHEN BAXTER unveils the secret origins of the first true child of the space age—and disproves the theory that “nothing exists in a vacuum.” In “Head Cases,” PETER DAVID and KATHLEEN DAVID blast through the blogosphere to expose the secret longings of a Lonely Superhero Wife. In “The Non-Event,” MIKE CAREY removes the gag order on a super-thief named Lockjaw . . . and pries out a confession of life-altering events. Also includes stories by Mike Baron • Mark Chadbourn • Paul Cornell • Daryl Gregory • Joseph Mallozzi • James Maxey • Ian McDonald • Chris Roberson • Gail Simone • Matthew Sturges . . . and an introduction by Lou Anders, “one of the brightest and best of the new generation of science fiction editors” (Jonathan Strahan, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year ).

Happily Ever After is a star-studded book of fairy tales, featuring an introduction by Bill Willingham (Fables) and stories by Gregory Maguire, Susanna Clarke, Karen Joy Fowler, Charles de Lint, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Kelly Link, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, and many other fantasy luminaries.

The legendary Vertigo horror anthology that will get under your skin—one slice at a time. It’s the little things in life that matter most: the tiny leak in the fuel line; the faint smell of decay that won’t wash off; the way a knife blade catches the light. These are the things that stick with us, no matter how much we want to forget—the things that make us flinch . No one is more familiar with this unnerving territory than the twisted souls whose hallucinatory work is preserved between these covers—an unprecedented gathering of fever dreams and waking nightmares scraped directly from the darkest corners of the greatest minds in comics. Collects FLINCH #1-8. Featuring work by Brian Azzarello , Jim Lee , Garth Ennis , Frank Quitely , Bill Willingham , Richard Corben , Eduardo Risso , Bill Sienkiewicz and many more.

Once Upon a Time... ...fantastic things happened to fantastic characters. Unforgettable things. Unforgettable characters. And then the unforgettable was forgotten. What happened to these characters? Where did they go? What did they do? And what's with that curious moving van parked on your street, the one unloading all the odd packages and strange furniture? Could it be that your new neighbors are a part of old stories? Could they actually be... FABLES? This anthology contains 20 short stories, featuring: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf: A Black Tower Story - Bill Willingham Cinderella Next Door - Rachel A. Greco The Wrong Suspect - Kevin Hopson The Song Remains the Same - Damascus Mincemeyer Dementia - AE Stueve Hare and Tortoise: New World - Q.T. Froame The Magic Boots - Robert Pope Mysterious Portal - Ruth M. Smith Comfort Food - Martin Klubeck Serving the Public - Lauren Stoker Too Good to be True - Robert Allen Lupton The Tailor Next Door - Janice Rider Issunboushi the Exterminator - Dave D'Alessio Gambling with Winter - Allister Nelson The Troll Sons of Gryla - Henry Herz No Thanks, Yallery Brown - J. Neira Roscoe and the Beanstalk - Ian Bentwood Dorothy - Tom Howard Nick Victory Chronicles Part Four: Half Baked - Paul Barile We Three Kings - Alan Dean Foster